The HBO Max streaming platform offers a varied catalog of film productions that will arrive in 2023. Some of them are direct premieres on the platform itself, while others will previously go through exhibition halls and after several weeks in theaters they can be enjoyed streaming.
DC comics reach the big screen at the hands of Warner and from there they go to the domestic environment through HBO Max
Part of these releases correspond to feature film adaptations of comics and characters from the DC publisher, which belongs to the same conglomerate as the film production company Warner Bros. and the HBO Max streaming platform.
–«Aquaman and the Lost Reuno»: Jason Momoa is once again the king of the underwater world, having to protect Atlantis and the world from a potentially catastrophic threat.
-“Barbie”: Mattel’s popular doll is made flesh and blood in the anatomy of Margot Robbie while Ken takes on the human form of Ryan Gosling in this film directed by Greta Gerwig (“Little Women,” “Lady Bird”), who is co-writing the screenplay with his partner and also director Noah Baumbach (“Marriage Story”). As a fun note, the teaser trailer offers a quirky homage to Stanley Kubrick’s film “2001, A Space Odyssey.”
–“Blue Beetle”: Another DC superhero arriving on the big screen (and a few weeks later on the HBO Max streaming platform) in the form of Jaime Reyes (played by Xolo Maridueña, Miguel in “Cobra Kai”), a young Mexican from El Paso who receives super powers from a mystical beetle.
–”Creed III”: Third part of this spin off from the films of the “Rocky” boxing saga where the protagonist is Adonis Creed (played by Michael B. Jordan, who also directs), son of Apollo Creed, legendary first-rival-and-later- Rocky Balboa’s friend.
–“Dune II”: Second part of the adaptation of the homonymous novel by Frank Herbert by the Canadian Denis Villeneuve. Timothee Chalamet returns as Paul Atreides and together with Zendaya he will assume a decisive role in the revolt of the inhabitants of the planet Arrakis against the Harkonen, against the backdrop of the galactic strategy for the control of the melange spice.
–”The Mystery of Salem’s Lot”: Feature film adaptation of a terrifying novel by Stephen King that has already had two screen adaptations in the form of a television miniseries, one in 1979 directed by Tobe Hooper and starring David Soul and James Mason, another in 2004, starring Rob Lowe and Donald Sutherland. A writer returns after decades to his town, where a threatening mansion hides a terrible secret.
–“Evil Dead Rise”: New sequel to the terrifyingly funny saga, the result of the talent of Sam Raimi (on this occasion only as a screenwriter) with cascoporro viscera and demons that threaten two sisters in their reunion after years apart.
–”The Nun 2″: Sequel to one of the spin offs (together with “Annabelle”) of the “The Conjuring/Warren File” saga and a new opportunity to have a good time of terror and scares at the hands of one of the most disturbing nuns in the world. history of cinema.
–«Magic Mike´s Last Dance»: Steven Soderbergh returns for the third time to the universe of the dancer and stripper incarnated by the beefy Channing Tatum, who returns to the stage accompanied on this occasion by Salma Hayek.
“Shazam! The fury of the gods”: Second part of the adventures of the young Billy Batson who, after shouting the invocation “Shazam!” becomes one of the most powerful characters in the DC universe. On this occasion, he will not be alone fighting against evil, but he will be accompanied by his young friends, who will also receive powers.
–”The Flash”: Fourth (and quite possibly last) film incarnation of Ezra Miller as the world’s fastest man. The film has the attraction of the appearance of Ben Affleck but also of Michael Keaton, both in the role of Batman that they have previously played. In addition, the Spanish Maribel Verdú plays Flash’s mother.
–“The last train to New York”: American remake of the South Korean film “Train to Busan”. A zombie outbreak breaks out in the middle of a moving train without giving its passengers much of an escape option as the convoy plows through the tracks at full speed, threatening not only their lives but also those of the inhabitants of the destination city.
–”The Meg 2: The Trench”: Second installment of the fight of the character played by Jason Statham (accompanied by the Spanish Sergio Peris-Menchata) against a gigantic shark, taking the story beyond the original novel by Steve Alten on which the first film was based and which already gave rise to a literary series, so fans of this fight of man against the shark can hope that the thing does not end here.
–“Wonka”: Third big screen adaptation of Roald Dahl’s tale whose eponymous character has already been played by Gene Wilder and Johnny Depp. Now it is the turn of Thimotee Chalamet as the eccentric owner of one of the most famous chocolate factories in literature and cinema, who welcomes some lucky young winners of the coveted golden ticket to his facilities, rewarding them with a visit that will not be what they expect.
